Mayhem in the mailroom

A ROW between An Post and its workers "will bring the national postal service to its knees", a union leader warned last night.

The company has taken 262 workers off the payroll, with more suspensions likely in the days ahead, in a bitter dispute over new work practices and national pay agreements.

Hundreds of thousands of customers have been advised not to post mail "until further notice" in Dublin or parts of Louth, Meath, Wicklow and Galway.